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If so, what did you think? Would you recommend it?

I had this insight today - there is not "right" way to eat, hence why different people eat different things, "thriving" is relative. However when I drink an orange juice for the sweetness and the cool, refreshing sensation on my tongue, I undermine my primary intention of prosperity, an intention that could go without such pleasures. Thank you for sharing brother!

I think I have also had a similar experience; thank you for reminding me, I take for granted my experiences of love.

Perhaps combined intricately, like flour and water.

There has been a few months gap between beginning the course and where I am now. I have taken quite detailed notes of the core concepts, and on the second pass of the values section. Because there has been this gap, would it perhaps be a good idea to begin the course again, as I want to do the course as thoroughly as possible. Thanks. @Leo Gura

Here is a question: What is there to want other than consciousness, this, and/or an alien banana peel (etc.)? I cannot find want, but there is a force that drives this. And so I conclude that I must align with whatever is true. My question is, why would you do anything else? - I have so many objections: I am deluded (probably true), I do not deserve it as I have not done enough work to subscribe to any insight; all insights are illegitimate because of this, I am not psychologically ready nor physically ready, I have do not have any success so I will constantly be faced with the pressure of leaching on society as opposed to pulling my own weight. (I am working on all these things at the moment) - Perhaps I'm talking shit. And I assume I am in dangerous waters as I came to this conclusion in my notebook and not looking at my hand, but then again I do look at my notebook.

If reality was that way, then society would already know about it.

For me it was one of the enlightenment videos, and after he finished explaining what it is and how important it is, he said "maybe you're too stupid to understand". And it was like he reached in my mind and pulled it open, like "oh, perhaps there's something I don't know, that overrides everything that I thought was important". Opening someone's mind is probably the greatest gift you can give to someone, it gives them the power. So thank-you @Leo Gura ---- Was there a distinct moment you can recall, when you got reeled in?

Awesome! Thankyou for this

I finished my last exam today. I feel a surge to vision, and continue contemplating what I want out of life, really get that down. What would you have done differently when you were your most free in your life?

Sorry if it came off that way, I just saw an opportunity to look for the funny. Perhaps inappropriate given the general consensus of the thread.

(Delete if not allowed) A few weeks ago some people on here were talking about a meditation system that had levels; one person mentioned that he was a level 8 meditator within a system of meditation, and was giving advice to another user on the system; stating that the practices would require a 4 hour daily commitment. He also mentioned that using such techniques, involving one-pointed focus, that one could break through to enlightenment after developing this ability (I have probably skewed what was said but this is what I inferred). Does anyone know what I am talking about? Peace and thanks.

"Intelligence is the ability to change" - Albert Einstein

But Leo, I was going to make trading cards...

@Matt8800 Great! thank-you for this

Hey @Matt8800, thanks for sharing, very helpful! What constitutes incorrect body-scanning ?

My ego is not comfortable going through the process in a family environment, it is terrified of being perceived as insane on account of lots of laughter. Perhaps it would create a more open environment. I am 18 and don't have a job at the moment, in my last year of high school, so it doesn't look like I'm going to be moving out anytime super soon although I aim to do so ASAP.

When I sit down to meditate, I feel heat in the right side of my chest. It scares me as I don't know whether it is safe to continue with the meditation, Tara Wells' book says "heat without bliss can be dangerous", but it doesn't say how. I get really scared, and then I get up and eat a whole bunch of weird food. I don't really know what to do. Perhaps I could start by deconstructing the beliefs that I have around it, and do more contemplation on the topic of Leo's survival video.

You sound like a badass.

Very inspiring, thank-you.

@peanutspathtotruth Thankyou so much!

I have Om Swami's book regarding yoga and mediation techniques, and also the book"Mastering Buddha" (I'm using shortened names as I do not want to leak any copyright information). I'm experiencing Kundalini symptoms, which is explicitly addressed in "Mastering the buddha", yet it also states that a prerequisite is having an established practice. At the height of my practice, which I slowed down recently due to inflamed Kundalini symptoms, I was doing Shambhavi Mahamudra kriya for about half an hour, and self-inquiry for one hour. Does this count as an established practice? I was always really shit at self-inquiry so I don't know if it counts. -- I was thinking perhaps I could practice Om Swami's basic focus techniques before getting fully into intensive meditation. But then again I am experiencing Kundalini quite preavlently, and the theory in "Mastering Buddha" is quite in-depth so maybe I should just go for it. What do ya'll think?

Today I failed My literature exam Still, I will succeed

Thankyou so much for your reply - this has been so helpful!!

My question is, do I have to care about intense energy welling up, or can I just let it consume me. Tara Wells says in her book 'enlightened through the path of kundalini', that energy overload means slowing down energy practises. Sasdghuru also says that kundalini can ruin the whole system, and must be risen under special guidance. So could this perhaps be detrimenting my system by continuing?